News & Updates

Yesterday, the New York Times reported that the State of Utah just passed the first “white-collar felon” registry. The registry, which would be available online, much like the the sex offender registry is, would enable the public in Utah to be able to know if someone they are considering doing business with, associating with, or just for fun, has committed

HB 1261 seeks to impose an “Offender Registration Fee” which permits the Sheriff of each county to charge sexual offenders an annual fee of up to $100 and $200 for predators. Non-residents who register when they visit Florida will be charged a $300 initial registration fee. Failure to pay this fee (unless waived) is a second degree misdemeanor.   You

A report by Jill S. Levenson and Kristen M. Zgoba, published in the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology finds that “sex crime repeat arrest rates in Florida did not appear to show a decline after SORN laws or other policies were implemented around 1997.” This finding is significant in that all the money that is being spent

A series of new bills have been filed affecting sex offenders. Below are the bill numbers and a sentence on what they cover:     SB 134 – Lifetime Electronic Monitoring of Sex Offenders (HB 203) This bill requires sex offenders be on lifetime electronic monitoring.   SB 336 – Sexual Predators and Offenders (HB 387) This requires risk assessments

Ben Boychuck’s recent article (“Best solution may be sex offender ‘colonies,’” March 6) reminded me of a similar suggestion in 2010 by gubernatorial candidate Douglas Hughes to build a “pedophile island” off the California coast. Thankfully, Hughes was not elected, but his sentiments are often echoed across the nation. The suggestion that those convicted of sex crimes should be banished

Below is a copy of the letter circulated by Sheriff Danny Millsaps of Graham County, North Carolina. He’s allowing registrants who want to attend Church Services to do so on Sundays in the Jail.